Once such a deal is made, CodeWeavers tweaks CrossOver to work seamlessly with that software publisher’s product.

The publisher then offers up for sale what is for all intents and purposes a Mac app. Mac users buy it through the usual channels, install it on their Macs and run it, just as they would their regular Mac apps.

This saves the Windows-app publishers the hassle and expense of creating Mac versions of their products from scratch.

In my story, I interviewed a couple of Windows-app publishers that are very happy with their CodeWeavers collaborations.

The company had long wanted to pursue a Mac clientele, Edens said, because they love the Apple computers. That’s the kind of computer many of the company’s staffers use at their offices even though they sell a Windows product.

“I’m on a Mac all day long,” Edens said.

“One of our guys found out about CodeWeavers, and they did a quick port for us to see (the golf simulator) running on the Mac,” he added.

Impressed, Edens made a deal with CodeWeavers and has been selling its simulator to Mac users ever since.

“It looks great and performs extremely well,” Edens said. “It exceeded my expectations on that front. I would rather run it on a Mac now.”